Winter Veil Returns, New Legendary Quest Chain, Honor Point Event Update & More
Blizzard just announced all the details about the upcoming Winter Veil event that will be live tomorrow, come and check out what's new.
Quote from BlizzardStarting tomorrow, Winter Veil comes to the Tavern! Throughout the Winter Veil celebration, you’ll be able to use special event emotes and participate in some fun activities, too.
Legendary Quest Chain
Give yourself the gift of free packs! Starting on December 21, you can embark on a Legendary Quest Chain to celebrate Winter Veil. The Quest Chain includes three quests, each awarding 1 Fractured in Alterac Valley Pack and 1 Standard Pack, for a total of 6 Packs!
Two Seasonal Tavern Brawls Return
First, the Gift Exchange tavern brawl is back! In this holiday classic, you and your opponent receive gift drops from Great Father Winter. Fight over who gets to open the presents to get their bonuses! If this is your first time winning in this Brawl, you’ll receive the Winter Veil Treat Card Back instead of your normal pack. Then, next week, GreatFather Kobold tries his hand at delivering presents in the Wacky Waxy Winter Veil Brawl!
Free Snowman Thrall Skin
Thrall’s taking some time away from battle to build himself a new snowman friend! Starting on December 21, you can go to the Shop to claim your free Snowman Thrall Skin and bring some fun to the ladder!
More Festive Skins in the Shop
Thrall’s not the only one having some fun in the snow. While you’re in the shop claiming your free Thrall skin, you’ll also find Winter Veil themed cosmetic bundles for Traditional Hearthstone and Battlegrounds, as well as the Greatfather Winter Magni Hero Set.
An Update on the Battle for Alterac Valley
We’ve received an update from the front after the first skirmishes in Alterac Valley, based on information through December 14! The Battle for Alterac Valley has been fierce and hotly contested. Both sides have fought with Honor, with each faction already amassing over one billion Honor! The Alliance has taken an early lead in the contest. They have rallied together for an advantage in overall numbers, and together they are strong! Will the steadfast Alliance be able to defend their foothold, or will the Horde rally to take back the valley?! It is up to you, brave adventurers, to shape the course of this battle.
Don’t forget that the Battle for Alterac Valley continues during Winter Veil! While the Winter Veil festivities end on January 19, counting for the Battle for Alterac Valley ends a little earlier, on January 11. Learn more about how to play games to earn Honor for your faction so that you may claim the ultimate prize of your faction’s leader as a Diamond card!
Every time I come back to this site, I realise the quality difference between this site and outof.cards.. people here are always complaining about everything, literally everything. There can be an announcement or a balance change that everyone was waiting for, a free stuff or items in the shop, you can’t do anything but complain, it feels like it is in your nature. The comments are so primitive and negative all the times. This site is the super cheap and lazy version of what Fluxflashor once started. Since he left, the quality goes down and down, so does the quality of people. But hey, at the end of the day, there is a place for them too. Happy Winter Veil
Heaven forbid people have opinions about stuff. Better keep all that bottled up, instead.
I don't care for the negativity either, but have you seen the internet before? It's the place everyone can go to dump their real thoughts so that in the morning when they have to go back to face the public at work they can feign positivity.
I guess there are some people in the world that wake up and just shit rainbows or spew happiness naturally... but most of us probably aren't.
You know what, fair point mate
Pissing and moaning about everything the dev team does or doesn't do or says or doesn't say or the new cards or the old cards or the balance changes or the lack of balance changes is not opinions, it's just pissing and moaning. And it's really tiresome.
This used to be a community of players that discussed strategy, wishes for future expansions, hopes for future cards... but it's devolved into an echo chamber of negativity.
If the game makes you this negative, why play it? And why in god's name do you feel compelled to come and piss and moan about it in these forums?
Mate, you must not have been around here for long.. from day 1 it's been like this. Some people are just perennially salty, others get in bad moods, some react badly to specific things, it' nothing new.
I will agree there seems to be markedly less positivity lately though and that is kind of concerning but I'm sure some of it is burnout and disappointment at Blizz failing to actually do something about persistent problems within the game
The Honor event sucks. Gaining honor is even more cancerous than gaining XP in Halo Infinite.
Halo … Why would any1 buy an xbox?
Yeah they generally feel expensive enough for me that I would not buy them as an impulse purchase. But it is just cosmetics and I get plenty of cosmetics from the season pass so I don't mind at the end of the day. Just being reminded of the vast difference in expendable income depending on location.
Its insane these pictures with sound cost so much. I'm baffled. I honestly would buy some. But not at these prices. I'd imagine they could make more by getting more sales from a more friendly price tag.
Trust me, they did their price vs. volume analysis based on every data they have. If this is what they came up with, it means there are enough whales out there to make it the best price point for them.
If they make these analyses, the way they balance cards, they’re fucked.
Bundles are in the shop now, 60 bucks for all the gifs.
I don't see any legendary quest chain. Goes live at midnight?
Has been live some hours on the EU.
Honestly, this one doesn't seem nearly as bad as the tree or the unmasked Edwin. Those two go in my book as weird skins that I actively dislike, but I'm not sure what the big problem is here with this one.
Is Thrall just not allowed to smile? Is he not allowed to have fun?
I really hope he gets unique voice lines with snow/winter/freeze puns just like how the free pirate warrior skin had all the lingo. :)
Lol @ malignant trolls complaining about free skins
If you gave them a full collection for free they’d bitch that it’s not golden copies
Blizzard: *introduces a free hero skin*
Hearthpwn community: how dare you!
Is the "Honor Point Event Update" the notification that the Alliance is ahead of the Horde, or what?
I thought they made a change to the honor system...
They've shortened the event span. It finishes prematurely. Seems that Teh Alliance wins so if u r in da Horde u wont miss 2nd legendary regardless of your Honor grind and get it in Diamond in fact.
It was always until January 11th. They said it on the first announcement.